PADI Instructor

[DRomano]

If a PADI Instructor becomes inactive for 10 years, what would need to be done before they can resume their instructor role?

 

[knotical]

Don't think there are hard and fast rules, since there are so many variables - such as how much experience before the layoff, what the instructor has been doing in the meantime, etc. Best if the instructor talked with a Course Director. Since so much has changed in ten years, like prescriptive teaching, a likely scenario might be to audit an IDC. If the instructor had the right prerequisites, he might even come out as an IDC Staff Instructor.

 

[oly5050user]

haved you been paying dues and just staying in NON-TEACHING status?
If so then I would guess that you contact PADI and check with them to get on teaching status again.You have been receiving UNDERSEA JOURNAL and reading them to keep up to date,right?

If you just went inactive and stopped paying dues ,I am 99.99% positive that PADI will have you do complete IDC/IE process over.Ten years is a very long time to be inactive.

 

[sglake]

You need to contact PADI and they will tell you all the steps you have to take to regain teaching status. It only takes a quick email to them for a reply!

 

[williama]

Not sure about 10 years but for 4 years, I just did a an online update that took about 2 hours. I learned more from reading the training bulletins for each quarter that was a good 4 hours of reading and making notes. I was happy to see the changes in the last 4 years. Just say no to Fin Pivots! (In Open water dives)

 

[mselenaous]

PADI calls it the Status Update Program. Contact a Course Director.

This is direct from the Course Director's Manual:

The primary goal of the Status Update program is to orient PADI
Instructors to changes in PADI standards, allowing them to return
to Teaching status after a lapse in PADI Membership. It offers a PADI
Course Director an opportunity to update an instructor's knowledge
and training. The curriculum covers standards changes and new materials
released during the time the instructor was not renewed. The Status
Update is also an effective refresher course for renewed PADI Instructors.
In some instances, PADI Members may be assigned to attend a
Status Update for specific remediation by the PADI Quality Management
Committee.
Prerequisite Verification​

Any PADI Instructor may attend a Status Update.

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When the instructor​

is attending the Status Update to meet Teaching status requirements,

you, the Course Director, must contact your PADI Office first to confirm
eligibility.
When the PADI Quality Management process requires an instructor
to reorient to PADI standards, you must contact the Training
Department at your PADI Office prior to the start of the update to
confirm program content.
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Status Update

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PADI provides a Teaching Status options letter to instructors who
have a lapse in membership renewal. The instructor has the remainder
of that calendar year to exercise one of the available options. After
that period, the options must be reevaluated. Requirements to regain
Teaching status are based on several factors, including the period not
renewed, and any program, standards and procedures, and material
changes since last renewed. Regaining Teaching status may require a
Status Update with a Course Director or complete retraining (IDC/IE),​

so be sure to contact PADI to verify.


Program Content​

Status Update is a two-day program​

that may be conducted by a

Teaching status PADI Course Director. IDC curriculum components may
be conducted by a Teaching status PADI IDC Staff Instructor, under the
indirect supervision of a Teaching status PADI Course Director. ​

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the update is conducted for Quality Management purposes, it must be
conducted by a Teaching status PADI Course Director in its entirety.​

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This program is usually scheduled over two consecutive days, however,​

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scheduling may be adjusted to meet individual needs, and may​

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extend beyond two days.​

Good Luck.​